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Auction 138, Lot 646
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"A New & Accurate Map of the Whole Russian Empire, as Contain'd both in Europe and Asia …", Bowen, Emanuel

Subject: Russian Empire

Period: 1747 (circa)

Publication: A Complete System of Geography

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.5 x 14 inches
47 x 35.6 cm
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This very detailed map covers the entire Russian Empire stretching from Finland to Kamchatka. It includes part of China and Korea with less detail and shows the Great Wall. The map is decorated with a delicately engraved title cartouche and small compass rose.

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Condition: B+

Dark impression with a small printer's ink smudge next to the title cartouche and some light offsetting in the image. The original side margins are narrow, but adequate. There is a small one-inch tear at the lower left corner, confined to the blank margin.

Estimate: $200 - $275

Sold for: $150

Closed on 12/7/2011

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